Ethiopia Yirgacheffe 2 Top Gelana Abaya Lot 5 Grainpro

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About this coffee

Grower

750 Smallholder farmers organized around Cherenet Amedemariam and Surafel Birhanu | Gelana Abaya Coffee Station

Altitude

1800 – 2000 meters

Variety

Indigenous heirloom cultivars

Soil

Vertisol

Region

Doko Chere, Borena Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Process

Fully washed and dried on raised beds

Harvest

December - January

Certification

Conventional

Coffee Background

Ethiopia Yirgacheffe 2 Top Washed Gelana Abaya Lot 5 GrainPro is sourced from family-owned farms organized around the Gelana Abaya Coffee Station located in in the town of Doko Chere near the town of Yirgacheffe within the Borena Zone in the Oromia Region, Ethiopia. The Gelana Abaya Coffee Station is owned and operated by Cherenet Amedemariam and Surafel Birhanu. The Gelana Abaya Coffee Station receives ripe cherries from 750 small coffee farmers. Coffee producers deliver their ripe cherries to the Gelana Abaya Coffee Station where the cherries are sorted and pulped. After pulping, the beans are fermented for 36 to 48 hours and then washed. The wet beans in parchment are placed on raised drying beds in thin layers and turned every 2 to 3 hours during the first few days of the drying process. Depending on weather, the beans are dried for 10 to 12 days until the moisture in the coffee beans is reduced to 11.5 percent. Then the beans are transported to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to be milled and bagged prior to export.